| Batticaloa Electoral District மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் | |
|---|---|
| Electoral District for theParliament of Sri Lanka | |
| Administrative District | Batticaloa |
| Province | Eastern |
| Polling divisions | 3 |
| Population | 537,000[1](2009) |
| Electorate | 449,686"Member Calculation under Article 98(8)"(PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 15, 2011.(2010) |
| Area | 2,854 km2 (1,102 sq mi)[2] |
| CurrentElectoral District | |
| Number of members | 5 |
| MPs | |
Batticaloa Electoral District (Tamil:மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம்Maṭṭakkaḷappu Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) is one of the 22multi-memberelectoral districts ofSri Lanka created by the1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with theadministrative district ofBatticaloa in theEastern province. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of theSri Lankan Parliament and had 449,686 registered electors in 2024. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 12.[3]
The Batticaloa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[3]
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Results of the1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[4]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| J. R. Jayewardene | UNP | 24,220 | 15,950 | 7,129 | 795 | 48,094 | 40.05% | |
| Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 19,338 | 5,250 | 21,918 | 589 | 47,095 | 39.22% | |
| Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 9.922 | 7,994 | 3,485 | 287 | 21,688 | 18.06% | |
| Colvin de Silva | LSSP | 438 | 304 | 531 | 21 | 1,294 | 1.08% | |
| Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 580 | 258 | 415 | 34 | 1,287 | 1.07% | |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | NSSP | 229 | 155 | 230 | 4 | 618 | 0.51% | |
| Valid Votes | 54,727 | 29,911 | 33,708 | 1,730 | 120,076 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,120 | 880 | 813 | 66 | 2,869 | |||
| Total Polled | 55,847 | 30,791 | 34,521 | 1,796 | 122,955 | |||
| Registered Electors | 80,394 | 46,195 | 45,891 | 172,480 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 69.47% | 66.65% | 75.22% | 71.29% | ||||
Results of the1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:[5]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | |||||
| Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 46,006 | 32,546 | 48,394 | 126,946 | 74.76% | 8 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 29,594 | 12,331 | 175 | 42,100 | 24.79% | 3 | |
| United National Party | 476 | 194 | 86 | 756 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 76,076 | 45,071 | 48,655 | 169,802 | 100.00% | 11 | |
| Rejected Votes | 1,495 | 629 | 610 | 2,734 | |||
| Total Polled | 77,571 | 45,700 | 49,265 | 172,536 | |||
| Registered Electors | 100,536 | 60,288 | 56,452 | 217,276 | |||
| Turnout (%) | 77.16% | 75.80% | 87.27% | 79.41% | |||
Results of the2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[6]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 29,976 | 15,289 | 16,227 | 165 | 61,657 | 50.99% | |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | SLFP | 8,547 | 8,375 | 4,031 | 65 | 21,018 | 17.38% | |
| Oswin Abeygunasekara | SLPP | 14,972 | 9,135 | 13,977 | 159 | 38,243 | 31.63% | |
| Valid Votes | 53,495 | 32,799 | 34,235 | 389 | 120,918 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,702 | 1,079 | 2,373 | 9 | 5,163 | |||
| Total Polled | 55,197 | 33,878 | 36,608 | 398 | 126,081 | |||
| Registered Electors | 99,717 | 59,421 | 56,447 | 215,585 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 55.35% | 57.01% | 64.85% | 58.48% | ||||
Results of the9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:[7]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF,EPRLF,TELO,TULF) | 17,194 | 13,383 | 24,064 | 490 | 55,131 | 35.49% | 3 | |
| Independent 1 (EROS) | 21,445 | 11,589 | 13,007 | 378 | 46,419 | 29.88% | 1 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 21,172 | 15,522 | 134 | 39 | 36,867 | 23.73% | 1 | |
| United National Party (CWC,UNP) | 7,186 | 1,916 | 1,943 | 272 | 11,317 | 7.28% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 3,162 | 445 | 505 | 18 | 4,130 | 2.66% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 899 | 404 | 192 | 2 | 1,497 | 0.96% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 71,058 | 43,259 | 39,845 | 1,199 | 155,361 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 4,487 | 4,401 | 5,003 | 32 | 13,923 | |||
| Total Polled | 75,545 | 47,660 | 44,848 | 1,231 | 169,284 | |||
| Registered Electors | 99,096 | 60,149 | 56,079 | 1,250 | 216,574 | |||
| Turnout | 76.23% | 79.24% | 79.97% | 98.48% | 78.16% | |||
The following candidates were elected:[7]G. Karunakaran (TELO), 25,651 preference votes (pv); Alathipody Gunaseelan (EROS), 22,889 pv;Prince Casinader (EPRLF), 21,959 pv;Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF), 19,431 pv; andM. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 15,832 pv.
Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF) was killed on 7 May 1990. His replacement wasJoseph Pararajasingham (TULF).
Results of the10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:[8]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 28,020 | 23,261 | 23,688 | 1,547 | 76,516 | 43.95% | 3 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 19,368 | 11,179 | 79 | 446 | 31,072 | 17.85% | 1 | |
| United National Party (CWC,UNP) | 13,622 | 6,891 | 2,269 | 462 | 23,244 | 13.35% | 1 | |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 7,413 | 2,944 | 8,672 | 249 | 19,278 | 11.07% | 0 | |
| Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS,PLOTE,TELO) | 6,804 | 3,557 | 6,493 | 219 | 17,073 | 9.81% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 2,069 | 687 | 1,976 | 70 | 4,802 | 2.76% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 514 | 91 | 926 | 16 | 1,547 | 0.89% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 347 | 100 | 98 | 11 | 556 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 78,157 | 48,710 | 44,201 | 3,020 | 174,088 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,805 | 4,705 | 4,940 | 81 | 15,531 | |||
| Total Polled | 83,962 | 53,415 | 49,141 | 3,101 | 189,619 | |||
| Registered Electors | 123,893 | 73,640 | 64,365 | 261,898 | ||||
| Turnout | 67.77% | 72.54% | 76.35% | 72.40% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[8]Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 43,350 preference votes (pv);P. Selvarasa (TULF), 17,450 pv;K. Thurairajasingam (TULF),15,974 pv;M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 12,583 pv; andSeyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 11,508 pv.
Results of the3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[9]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 59,814 | 41,821 | 40,489 | 2,601 | 144,725 | 87.30% | |
| Srimathi Dissanayake | UNP | 9,812 | 3,930 | 631 | 439 | 14,812 | 8.93% | |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 1,685 | 1,731 | 1,611 | 3 | 5,028 | 3.03% | |
| G. A. Nihal | SLPF | 194 | 183 | 107 | 0 | 484 | 0.29% | |
| A. J. Ranashinge | Ind 1 | 239 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 381 | 0.23% | |
| Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 145 | 99 | 102 | 3 | 349 | 0.21% | |
| Valid Votes | 71,887 | 47,841 | 42,999 | 3,052 | 165,779 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,061 | 730 | 848 | 25 | 2,664 | |||
| Total Polled | 72,948 | 48,571 | 43,847 | 3,077 | 168,443 | |||
| Registered Electors | 123,893 | 73,640 | 64,365 | 3,204 | 261,898 | |||
| Turnout (%) | 58.88% | 65.96% | 68.12% | 96.04% | 64.32% | |||
Results of the4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[10]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 48,700 | 22,614 | 31,295 | 1,491 | 104,100 | 61.19% | |
| Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 29,523 | 21,939 | 6,962 | 551 | 58,975 | 34.66% | |
| Rajiva Wijesinha | Liberal | 687 | 665 | 484 | 2 | 1,838 | 1.08% | |
| W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 550 | 623 | 354 | 1 | 1,528 | 0.90% | |
| Vasudeva Nanayakkara | LDA | 406 | 183 | 200 | 95 | 884 | 0.52% | |
| T. Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 269 | 381 | 132 | 2 | 784 | 0.46% | |
| Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 394 | 288 | 37 | 31 | 750 | 0.44% | |
| Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 148 | 130 | 53 | 0 | 331 | 0.19% | |
| Nandana Gunathilake | JVP | 159 | 70 | 53 | 8 | 290 | 0.17% | |
| Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 100 | 95 | 54 | 1 | 250 | 0.15% | |
| Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 3 | 89 | 86 | 59 | 0 | 234 | 0.14% | |
| A. W. Premawardhana | PFF | 41 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 89 | 0.05% | |
| A. Dissanayaka | DUNF | 32 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 78 | 0.05% | |
| Valid Votes | 81,098 | 47,127 | 39,723 | 2,183 | 170,131 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,750 | 1,043 | 869 | 85 | 3,747 | |||
| Total Polled | 82,848 | 48,170 | 40,592 | 2,268 | 173,878 | |||
| Registered Electors | 124,480 | 76,988 | 68,729 | 270,197 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 66.56% | 62.57% | 59.06% | 64.35% | ||||
Results of the11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:[11]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 16,621 | 21,425 | 15,207 | 1,195 | 54,448 | 29.20% | 2 | |
| National Unity Alliance (SLMC et al.) | 27,079 | 23,140 | 2,796 | 631 | 53,646 | 28.77% | 1 | |
| United National Party (DWC, NWC,UCPF,UNP) | 21,267 | 4,092 | 3,128 | 676 | 29,165 | 15.64% | 1 | |
| People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 6,436 | 1,532 | 8,088 | 454 | 16,510 | 8.86% | 1 | |
| Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 5,539 | 602 | 2,847 | 42 | 9,030 | 4.84% | 0 | |
| All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 1,839 | 333 | 4,635 | 161 | 6,968 | 3.74% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 2,801 | 1,416 | 1,243 | 96 | 5,556 | 2.98% | 0 | |
| Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 3,282 | 276 | 333 | 18 | 3,909 | 2.10% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1,950 | 454 | 870 | 51 | 3,325 | 1.78% | 0 | |
| Citizen's Front | 1,279 | 228 | 421 | 10 | 1,938 | 1.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 383 | 164 | 41 | 1 | 589 | 0.32% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 175 | 90 | 27 | 3 | 295 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 174 | 27 | 33 | 6 | 240 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Liberal Party | 72 | 14 | 91 | 0 | 177 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 53 | 41 | 49 | 0 | 143 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Sinhala Heritage | 54 | 17 | 64 | 0 | 135 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Left & Democratic Alliance | 68 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 113 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 49 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 92 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Democratic United National Front | 39 | 17 | 28 | 0 | 84 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 43 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 18 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 89,196 | 53,918 | 39,976 | 186,441 | 100.00% | 5 | ||
| Rejected Votes | 5,047 | 2,918 | 3,159 | 11,205 | ||||
| Total Polled | 94,243 | 56,836 | 43,135 | 197,646 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 127,532 | 78,516 | 69,437 | 275,485 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 73.90% | 72.39% | 62.12% | 71.74% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[12] Abdul Cader (NUA), 22,975 preference votes (pv);Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF), 16,542 pv;Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 14,284 pv;Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 12,605 pv; andS. Ganeshamoorthy (PA), 9,132 pv.
Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF) was killed on 7 November 2000.[13]
Results of the12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:[14][15]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (ACTC,EPRLF(S),TELO,TULF) | 32,805 | 20,767 | 30,725 | 1,987 | 86,284 | 48.17% | 3 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 7,512 | 18,689 | 180 | 344 | 26,725 | 14.92% | 1 | |
| People's Alliance (NUA,SLFP et al.) | 21,076 | 2,079 | 2,159 | 391 | 25,705 | 14.35% | 1 | |
| United National Front (CWC,UNP,WPF) | 14,903 | 3,103 | 3,967 | 665 | 22,638 | 12.64% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 1,046 | 4,714 | 579 | 67 | 6,406 | 3.58% | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 3,074 | 1,040 | 1,449 | 38 | 5,601 | 3.13% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 2,054 | 784 | 1,265 | 50 | 4,153 | 2.32% | 0 | |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 290 | 134 | 195 | 0 | 619 | 0.35% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 51 | 48 | 49 | 0 | 148 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Party | 62 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 125 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 63 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 119 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Sinhala Heritage | 40 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 103 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 15 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 77 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 18 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 76 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 75 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 64 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 16 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 83,162 | 51,675 | 40,716 | 3,555 | 179,108 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,657 | 4,272 | 3,241 | 105 | 13,275 | |||
| Total Polled | 88,819 | 55,947 | 43,957 | 3,660 | 192,383 | |||
| Registered Electors | 130,846 | 80,685 | 70,548 | 282,079 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 67.88% | 69.34% | 62.31% | 68.20% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[16]T. Thangavadivel (TNA-TELO), 24,475 preference votes (pv);G. Krishnapillai (TNA-ACTC), 20,675 pv;Joseph Pararajasingham (TNA-TULF), 20,279 pv;M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (PA), 19,787 pv; and M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader (SLMC), 17,497 pv.
Results of the13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:[17]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (ACTC,EPRLF(S),ITAK,TELO) | 57,144 | 43,503 | 57,052 | 3,312 | 161,011 | 66.71% | 4 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 19,612 | 22,244 | 652 | 623 | 43,131 | 17.87% | 1 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP,NUA,SLFP et al.) | 22,716 | 2,706 | 299 | 547 | 26,268 | 10.88% | 0 | |
| United National Front (CWC,DPF,UNP) | 3,819 | 1,364 | 877 | 91 | 6,151 | 2.55% | 0 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1,099 | 568 | 821 | 68 | 2,556 | 1.06% | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 711 | 44 | 248 | 7 | 1,010 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| United Muslim People's Alliance | 307 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 366 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 72 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 155 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 57 | 41 | 20 | 1 | 119 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 37 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 102 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 31 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 84 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 36 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 71 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent 2 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 65 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 53 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 12 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Jathika Hela Urumaya | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 105,811 | 70,783 | 60,118 | 4,663 | 241,375 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,592 | 3,862 | 3,125 | 69 | 12,648 | |||
| Total Polled | 111,403 | 74,645 | 63,243 | 4,732 | 254,023 | |||
| Registered Electors | 141,190 | 86,626 | 76,112 | 303,928 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 78.90% | 86.17% | 83.09% | 83.58% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[18]Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai (TNA), 57,843 preference votes (pv);Thangeswary Kathiraman (TNA), 50,545 pv;Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy (TNA), 44,457 pv;Kingsley Rasanayagam (TNA), 38,633 pv; andAli Ameer Shihabdeen (SLMC), 21,232 pv.
Kingsley Rasanayagam (TNA) resigned shortly after being elected.[19] His replacementP. Ariyanethiran (TNA) was sworn in on 18 May 2004.[20]
Results of the5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:[21]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 65,401 | 28,482 | 24,142 | 3,489 | 121,514 | 79.51% | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 15,798 | 11,105 | 905 | 1,028 | 28,836 | 18.87% | |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 474 | 214 | 201 | 3 | 892 | 0.58% | |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 265 | 253 | 58 | 2 | 578 | 0.38% | |
| Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 136 | 43 | 28 | 18 | 225 | 0.15% | |
| A .K. J. Arachchige | DUA | 93 | 44 | 16 | 0 | 153 | 0.10% | |
| Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 51 | 52 | 42 | 4 | 149 | 0.10% | |
| Anura De Silva | ULF | 73 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 142 | 0.09% | |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 51 | 52 | 19 | 2 | 124 | 0.08% | |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 41 | 43 | 19 | 1 | 104 | 0.07% | |
| P. Nelson Perera | SLPF | 18 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 0.04% | |
| Wimal Geeganage | SLNF | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 0.03% | |
| H. S. Dharmadwaja | UNAF | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0.01% | |
| Valid Votes | 82,428 | 40,369 | 25,489 | 4,551 | 152,837 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 970 | 503 | 247 | 58 | 1,778 | |||
| Total Polled | 83,398 | 40,872 | 25,736 | 4,609 | 154,615 | |||
| Registered Electors | 147,979 | 91,410 | 79,339 | 318,728 | ||||
| Turnout (%) | 56.36% | 44.71% | 32.44% | 48.51% | ||||
Results of the1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008:[22]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Displaced Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | |||||||
| United People's Freedom Alliance (SLFP,TMVP et al.) | 52,053 | 36,731 | 14,379 | 2,159 | 19 | 105,341 | 58.09% | 6 | |
| United National Party (SLMC,UNP) | 29,770 | 15,673 | 11,829 | 1,282 | 48 | 58,602 | 32.31% | 4 | |
| Tamil Democratic National Alliance (EPRLF(P),PLOTE,TULF et al.) | 3,222 | 443 | 3,594 | 454 | 1 | 7,714 | 4.25% | 1 | |
| Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1,199 | 1,421 | 2,612 | 135 | 51 | 5,418 | 2.99% | 0 | |
| Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 1,118 | 111 | 509 | 78 | 0 | 1,816 | 1.00% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 386 | 284 | 268 | 5 | 0 | 943 | 0.52% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 218 | 97 | 37 | 26 | 1 | 379 | 0.21% | 0 | |
| People's Front of Liberation Tigers | 73 | 17 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 157 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 15 | 77 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 12 | 75 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 81 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 51 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 32 | 3 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 28 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 14 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 11 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka National Front | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Progressive Front | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 88,552 | 54,980 | 33,529 | 4,174 | 120 | 181,355 | 100.00% | 11 | |
| Rejected Votes | 9,011 | 6,576 | 5,293 | 180 | 28 | 21,088 | |||
| Total Polled | 97,563 | 61,556 | 38,822 | 4,354 | 148 | 202,443 | |||
| Registered Electors | 154,761 | 94,359 | 81,830 | 330,950 | |||||
| Turnout | 63.04% | 65.24% | 47.44% | 61.17% | |||||
The following candidates were elected:[23]S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP);Basheer Segu Dawood (UNP-SLMC); Edwin Silva Krishnanandaharajah (UPFA);M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA); Thambimuththu Alosiyas Masilamany (UNP); Aliyar Salih Javahir Salih (UPFA); Arasaretnam Sasitharan (UNP); Muhamed Sharief Subair (UPFA); Nagalingam Thiraviyam (UPFA);R. Thurairatnam (TDNA-EPRLF); and Ameertheen Vellathamby (UNP).
Results of the6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:[24]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Displaced Votes | Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | |||||||
| Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 69,975 | 35,608 | 36,776 | 3,637 | 61 | 146,057 | 68.93% | |
| Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 28,090 | 20,112 | 5,968 | 1,491 | 2 | 55,663 | 26.27% | |
| M. C. M. Ismail | DUNF | 927 | 1,065 | 1,016 | 8 | 0 | 3,016 | 1.42% | |
| C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage | UDF | 679 | 405 | 578 | 4 | 0 | 1,666 | 0.79% | |
| Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 253 | 185 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 645 | 0.30% | |
| M. K. Shivajilingam | Ind 5 | 254 | 176 | 154 | 49 | 0 | 633 | 0.30% | |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 239 | 222 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 612 | 0.29% | |
| Lal Perera | ONF | 231 | 146 | 161 | 3 | 0 | 541 | 0.26% | |
| W. V. Mahiman Ranjith | Ind 1 | 188 | 208 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 484 | 0.23% | |
| A. S. P Liyanage | SLLP | 179 | 148 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 468 | 0.22% | |
| Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 153 | 87 | 111 | 15 | 0 | 366 | 0.17% | |
| Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 107 | 75 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 284 | 0.13% | |
| Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 81 | 96 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 0.11% | |
| Sanath Pinnaduwa | NA | 72 | 59 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 0.09% | |
| Wije Dias | SEP | 74 | 57 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 0.09% | |
| M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 61 | 50 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 172 | 0.08% | |
| Aithurus M. Illias | Ind 2 | 39 | 60 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0.06% | |
| Senaratna de Silva | PNF | 32 | 33 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 0.06% | |
| Aruna de Soyza | RPP | 53 | 31 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 0.06% | |
| Sarath Kongahage | UNAF | 36 | 36 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0.05% | |
| Battaramulla Seelarathana | JP | 39 | 27 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 0.05% | |
| M. B. Thaminimulla | ACAKO | 38 | 19 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0.04% | |
| Valid Votes | 101,800 | 58,905 | 45,904 | 5,219 | 63 | 211,891 | 100.00% | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,885 | 1,281 | 1,161 | 67 | 2 | 4,396 | |||
| Total Polled | 103,685 | 60,186 | 47,065 | 5,286 | 65 | 216,287 | |||
| Registered Electors | 155,537 | 97,135 | 80,972 | 333,644 | |||||
| Turnout | 66.66% | 61.96% | 58.13% | 64.83% | |||||
Results of the14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:[25]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Displaced Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | |||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S),ITAK,TELO) | 32,758 | 13,709 | 17,171 | 2,576 | 21 | 66,235 | 36.67% | 3 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC,SLFP et al.) | 35,089 | 16,786 | 7,878 | 2,254 | 2 | 62,009 | 34.33% | 1 | |
| United National Front (DPF,SLFP(P),SLMC,UNP) | 12,284 | 9,090 | 890 | 671 | 0 | 22,935 | 12.70% | 1 | |
| Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | 3,756 | 6,739 | 6,072 | 318 | 1 | 16,886 | 9.35% | 0 | |
| Tamil United Liberation Front | 1,578 | 303 | 2,402 | 141 | 0 | 4,424 | 2.45% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 300 | 608 | 437 | 17 | 0 | 1,362 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 470 | 632 | 251 | 2 | 0 | 1,355 | 0.75% | 0 | |
| Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 568 | 238 | 230 | 30 | 0 | 1,066 | 0.59% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 235 | 157 | 197 | 7 | 0 | 596 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 95 | 155 | 179 | 1 | 0 | 430 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 17 | 97 | 97 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 218 | 61 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 324 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 27 | 127 | 82 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 312 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 16 | 191 | 22 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 266 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 18 | 102 | 48 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 250 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 11 | 117 | 82 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 237 | 0.13% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 26 | 153 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 174 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 92 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 136 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Left Liberation Front (LLF,TNLA) | 89 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 136 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| United National Alternative Front | 49 | 44 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 19 | 36 | 34 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| National Development Front | 28 | 48 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 22 | 13 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 28 | 39 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 15 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Our National Front | 26 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Janasetha Peramuna | 26 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation | 13 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| United Lanka Great Council | 10 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 12 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 25 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 20 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 21 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 23 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 88,754 | 49,246 | 36,524 | 6,070 | 24 | 180,618 | 100.00% | 5 | |
| Rejected Votes | 5,783 | 4,714 | 4,116 | 136 | 0 | 14,749 | |||
| Total Polled | 94,537 | 53,960 | 40,640 | 6,206 | 24 | 195,367 | |||
| Registered Electors | 155,537 | 97,135 | 80,972 | 333,644 | |||||
| Turnout | 60.78% | 55.55% | 50.19% | 58.56% | |||||
The following candidates were elected:[26]M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA-ACMC), 22,256 preference votes (pv);S. Yogeswaran (TNA), 20,569 pv;P. Selvarasa (TNA), 18,485 pv;P. Ariyanethiran (TNA), 16,504 pv; andBasheer Segu Dawood (UNF), 11,678 pv.
Results of the2nd Eastern provincial council election held on 8 September 2012:[27]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batti- caloa | Kal- kudah | Paddi- ruppu | ||||||
| Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S),ITAK,PLOTE,TELO,TULF) | 44,863 | 21,876 | 34,705 | 3,238 | 104,682 | 50.83% | 6 | |
| United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, NC,SLFP,TMVP et al.) | 31,194 | 22,965 | 8,603 | 1,428 | 64,190 | 31.17% | 4 | |
| Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 13,964 | 8,604 | 72 | 443 | 23,083 | 11.21% | 1 | |
| Independent Group 8 | 5,355 | 180 | 7 | 170 | 5,712 | 2.77% | 0 | |
| United National Party | 1,026 | 1,014 | 331 | 63 | 2,434 | 1.18% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 21 | 1,205 | 607 | 62 | 31 | 1,905 | 0.93% | 0 | |
| Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 625 | 434 | 710 | 8 | 1,777 | 0.86% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 11 | 568 | 124 | 151 | 20 | 863 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Socialist Alliance (CPSL, DLF,LSSP) | 274 | 71 | 27 | 7 | 379 | 0.18% | 0 | |
| Our National Front | 72 | 42 | 47 | 2 | 163 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 19 | 121 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 146 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 51 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 72 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 20 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka Labour Party | 28 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 2 | 35 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 16 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| United Socialist Party | 13 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 4 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 12 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Jana Setha Peramuna | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| United Lanka People's Party | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| United Lanka Great Council | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 15 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Independent Group 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Valid Votes | 99,608 | 56,094 | 44,818 | 5,416 | 205,936 | 100.00% | 11 | |
| Rejected Votes | 7,464 | 5,263 | 4,374 | 122 | 17,223 | |||
| Total Polled | 107,072 | 61,357 | 49,192 | 5,538 | 223,159 | |||
| Registered Electors | 162,451 | 100,616 | 84,032 | 0 | 347,099 | |||
| Turnout | 65.91% | 60.98% | 58.54% | 64.29% | ||||
The following candidates were elected:[28]R. Thurairatnam (TNA-EPRLF), 29,141 preference votes (pv);K. Thurairajasingam (TNA-ITAK), 27,717 pv;S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP), 22,338 pv;Ali Ameer Shihabdeen (UPFA-ACMC), 21,271 pv; Abdul Farook Mohamed Shibly (UPFA-ACMC), 20,407 pv;G. Krishnapillai (TNA-TULF), 20,200 pv; Abtul Shareef Subair (UPFA-ACMC), 17,903 pv;N. Indirakumar (TNA-TELO), 17,304 pv;M. Nadarajah (TNA-ITAK), 16,681 pv;G. Karunakaran (TNA-TELO), 16,536 pv; and Agamed Nazeer Zainulabdeen (SLMC), 11,401 pv.